The twentieth century
By: edited Sara Haslam and Sue Asbee
Contributors: Asbee, Sue; Open University
Series: Reading and Studying Literature; Reading and studying literature
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
ISBN-13: 9781849666206; 9781849666213; 9781849666404
Subjects: English literature; History and criticism; Modernism (Literature); Cities and towns in literature; Literature
Description: This is the third of three books in the series Reading and Studing Literature. Taken together, the books provide a lively and accessible overview of the major literary periods.
Notes: Co-published with the Open University.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1. Twentieth-century cities. Introduction ; James Joyce, Dubliners : city, theme and period ; James Joyce, Dubliners : paralysis, memory and 'The dead' ; Fritz Lang, Metropolis ; New York : poems and stories ; Conclusion; title: Part. 2. Migration and memory. Introduction ; Sam Selvon, The lonely Londoners and James Berry, Windrush songs ; Elizabeth Bishop, Questions of travel ; Brian Friel, Dancing at Lughnasa ; W.G. Sebald, The emigrants ; Conclusion; title: Glossary.